Sustainability - Global

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Wed, 2012-05-30 17:58 — mdmcdonald

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Food Waste Recycling

Sat, 2012-06-16 10:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

environmentalleader.com - by John Evans - June 11, 2012

U.K. - Sending our rubbish to landfill sites continues to be a major topic for debate as proposals for wind farms and incinerators are becoming more common.

At present, the Local Government Association estimates that we offload twice as much rubbish into landfill sites than Germany does, although Germany has a larger population. Due to the fact that land available for landfill sites is running out, pressure from Brussels and Westminster is making the use of these sites more expensive, which in turn is increasing the pressure to recycle our waste.

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